TV problems - DH's attitude

Doodledog
I think there are a lot here who could give that film a few pointers ?

Get someone who knows what he is doing to install whatever you need.If you are paying for half of everything surely you must be able to have a say in the matter.Stop paying the subscription and get a tv of your own. Dont let him bully you any more

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MerylStreep

MerylStreep ??

Nagmad2016

I suggest you get your own TV. We did, and it's perfect. Sometimes we watch together, but get to control our own remotes. It may seem petty, but it keeps the peace.

READ TRISHAS POST 17.34.

Connect the remote yourself and watch what you want as well. I am sure he will soon prefer to watch the HD channels once he gets used to a few. Sometimes they just need to be shown the way forward.

I suggest you get your own TV. We did, and it's perfect. Sometimes we watch together, but get to control our own remotes. It may seem petty, but it keeps the peace.

No problem, chattykathy, no harm done. He knows better than to try!

Trisha, my apologies. I read one of your posts as saying he didn't let you watch your favourite programmes. I was reading through quickly and totally got the wrong end of the stick, so sorry. I'll butt out now...

BTW, anyone is free to join me ?

Trisha
The Don McLean song springs to mind.
They’re not listening now, perhaps they never will
It is my mission now to quote your post after every nonsensical, mean, post.
Let’s see how it goes ?

Anyone commenting please read Trisha's explanatory post above before you post something totally irrelevant. ?

Thank you MerylStreep and StatenIsland, I was beginning to think I was posting into the wilderness!

I know not everyone reads an entire thread end to end, but just to clear one or two things up (again!):

He doesn't control what we watch. We watch quite a lot of programmes together which both of us like and at other times one of us will watch something they are particularly interested in and the other will do something else.

I've never said he doesn't "allow" me to watch what I want when I want to chattykathy.

He doesn't control any other aspects of our life ElaineR155, we discuss everything and make joint decisions or agree to disagree and compromise - it's just this techy thing that he's got his knickers in a twist about!

Several posters have told me that I can just download NowTV onto the TV set we have. We CAN'T! Even my son-in law failed to do that, and it has since come to light after some research by me and another very helpful poster that our TV is not compatible with NowTV unless we access it via another source such as a stick or via our TalkTalk box (which is the nub of the original problem as our TalkTalk box does not show programmes in 4k HD).

Anyway, once again thanks to everyone who has responded. It has certainly been helpful to hear the suggestions and what others have done to avoid all-out war! I'm really hoping that the NowTV stick that I've ordered will sort this out once and for all. I'll let you know once I've given it to him on his birthday at the end of the month...........

My husband and I both have Samsung Smart TVs. I sit on my recliner in the lounge and he sits on a recliner in the conservatory. These rooms are separated by a patio door which we close if we're both watching different programmes. It's brilliant. No complaints about differing TV tastes. Also I often read instead so the patio door is closed then too although if either of us decides to make a cup of tea, we just make a big T sign with our arms and the other one does either thumbs up or down. This way we keep each other happy which is what we all need, especially as we're retired and together so much. It must be really wearing to feel that there's a bit of an atmosphere regarding time together and the expense of a new TV is a small price to pay for this.
Make sure you get one that's bang up to date, Samsung or another Android so that you're a bit more future proofed. Get someone to help set it up, either SIL or technician from TV shop.
Enjoy yourself!

Why live with a bully and control freak who asks you to pay for things you cannot use. He's getting his smug little sport life for 50% of what it should cost him. Never mind other rooms and TV sets. Life's too short to be miserable over his behaviour. If you don't want to leave, withdraw your half of the Sky and any other payments and tell him why. Then pursue what you enjoy doing and let him stagnate watching football.

SHES SORTED IT!!!!!!!!!

Dont understand why you are paying for channels that you dont watch. I would halt contributions forthwith.

You need another Tv and also to stop paying for sport channels etc which you do not watch !! Let your husband pay for those. Buy another TV for yourself to watch. We have Tvs
in two separate rooms so we can each view what we like and when something is on that we both watch we watch it together !

If you cannot watch the channels you want the stop paying towards them your husband is being totally un fair and why pay for lots of sports channels when only using one.

Stop paying for channels you don't watch and buy yourself a new television! We have SkyQ and a smart TV and when the small telly in the kitchen packed up, we replaced it with a new smart tv. Easy to use with access to Netflix, etc., even for me.

MerylStreep

It’s obvious that some of you can’t be arsed to read the thread.
Trisha has stated that *her tv isn’t compatible with the Now app*

I agree Meryl. Trisha had explained that they bought a Philips Smart TV and only later discovered the NOW app is not directly supported.

As they subscribe to NOW TV bundles (effectively Sky without being tied into a contract) her husband has effected a workaround to watch all content via a Talk Talk box using a different remote, not the one that came with the new TV. OP is concerned that this means they are not taking advantage of the superior screen options that the new TV offers. I think that’s it in a nutshell.

Connecting a NOW Smart Stick to the new TV via an HDMI port seems to offer a solution and Trisha has ordered one. Let’s hope that solves the problem so they can both enjoy all the features of the new TV.

No getting away from the fact that many men (and women) enjoy watching sport on TV and there is a lot of it. My dear late husband was a sports fanatic, football especially. Of course, fans want to watch a match live. Part of the excitement is not knowing what the result will be. With big events it can be hard not to hear the result accidentally. On Demand streaming and recording capabilities mean we rarely have to miss a favourite programme even if initial transmission clashes with the footie.

We have a smart TV and we did have some initial problems accessing NOW TV, I'm not sure why? However, we were advised to buy a NOW firestick which we did - it came with a dongle that fits into the HDMI socket on the side and a remote control for NOW. Works perfectly. Cost about £25. Smart TVs can do everything we went into Curry's and had a chat they were very helpful. Perhaps you could do the same.

Has he always been like this, or is this a recent thing? Just wondering if his frustration re technology is a sign he is not quite as sharp as he used to, and worried about it?